Obsession with itself. Feels ride to have a woman follow president obama doesnt it. My interview with the White House Correspondent dinner emcee. Joining me Asa Hutchinson dorris concerns goodwin, alien cooper of the New York Times, and matt bye of yahoo news. William welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington this is meet the press. Good morning before we get to all the weeks politics and the discussion of americas drone war one story is dominating headlines across the globe this sunday. Desperate rescue efforts are underway after the worst earthquake to hit nepal in more than 80 years. It struck near the capital, katmandu. The death toll is now over 2,000. It includes 17 climbers who were killed by avalanches on Mount Everest. One nepali journalist said this the sadness is sinking in. We have lost our temples our history history, the places we grew grew up. Lets go to richard engle. Reporter it is now a city where people arent living inside their homes. Every
Follow president obama doesnt it. My interview with the White House Correspondent dinner emcee. Joining me Asa Hutchinson dorris concerns goodwin, alien cooper of the New York Times, and matt bye of yahoo news. William welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington this is meet the press. Good morning before we get to all the weeks politics and the discussion of americas drone war one story is dominating headlines across the globe this sunday. Desperate rescue efforts are underway after the worst earthquake to hit nepal in more than 80 years. It struck near the capital, katmandu. The death toll is now over 2,000. It includes 17 climbers who were killed by avalanches on Mount Everest. One nepali journalist said this the sadness is sinking in. We have lost our temples our history history, the places we grew grew up. Lets go to richard engle. Reporter it is now a city where people arent living inside their homes. Every green taste space has been taken over. People are
The Security State in madrid protesters found a unique way to express discontent over a law coming into effect in jewel. Demonstrations illegal. To make the point that the right to protest in spain is an illusion. The protesters didnt march, hollow grams did. Three years of spending cuts saw nonstop protests against austerity, and the government clearly had enough. Critical the gag law muzzles demonstrators and the media that have been covering them. Under the law. Photographing and filming can constitute a criminal offense, and you can be prosecuted for a tweet if it contains a hashtag containing an event that the government has not authorised. Its not the first time they have been accused of leaning on the tve. According to the polls, its opposed by more than 80 of the spanish population. Senior appoints at tve reflected the governments interest, with the rise of the antiausterity, leftist party, and with elections eight months away. Protests and a tendency to drive the media narrati
Kirschner. And blink and youll miss it, japans train breaks the world speed record. Now, the captain and first mate of a ship that sank off the coast of libya with over 800 people on board have been arrested in italy. The victims were on their way to europe but most died when the ship went down. 27 people survived, though, including the captain and first mate. They have all been taken to italian island of sicily. Lets go now to paul brennan who is live from the sicilian port of catania. What new information are the arrests turning up for paul . Reporter yeah, it seems that the captain who we understand to be a tunisian man, and the ships mate, who we understand to be syrian, have now actually been charged. And they have been charged with a couple of things, first of all, reckless multiple reckless homicide. This related to the sinking of that ship late on saturday night with the loss one estimate of around 800 people on board there. They have also been charged with its calling favoring
That can only have been intentional. The prosecutor outlined what happened based on an initial analysis of the voice recorder. The pilot left the cockpit and copilot Andreas Lubitz took the controls. Lubitz then started the planes deadly descent into the alps. He ignored air Traffic Controllers and the pilot banging on the door. He also ignored an alarm that went off when the plane got close to the mountains. The prosecutor said lubitz must have been conscious as he can be heard breathing. Lubitz was a 28yearold german. Prosecutors say he had no apparent connection to any terrorist organization. The germanwings plane was operated by Parent Company lufthansa. The ceo says lubitz had passed cognitive and technical tests as well as i Mental Health screening. Translator there were no concerns about his ability as a copilot. Officials say lubitz started Flight Training in 2008, but they say he was absent for a significant period of time. They did not disclose the reason, citing privacy. Ger